Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a ‘book spine’ poem. This involves writing a poem using the titles of books on your bookshelf. My poem neatly divided itself into sections, based on where my books are shelved. Instead of numbering these sections, I have labelled them according to their approximate (relative) compass points. The book titles I used are listed in the tags.
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National Poetry Writing Month, Day #9
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem ‘that includes a line that you’re afraid to write…because it expresses something very personal that makes you uncomfortable…’
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Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
I think it’s safe to say that spring has arrived…
Love,
Kevin
(9 April 2016)
Working on the new book, day 5
Looking through old photos is a strange process, a weird mix of surprise and nostalgia. The photos I have accumulated on my computer cover a difficult part of my life; even after deleting a number of photos, I still manage to come across an image here or there that I overlooked, or that reminds me of something I’d prefer to forget. At the same time, I’m also reminded of my willingness to experiment with the medium—my Views from a Parked Car series comes to mind—and that I’d like to publish a photo book some day.
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The smoke and the fire (A poem)
Technically, I wrote my Day 8 entry for National Poetry Writing Month yesterday, so here is a poem I wrote today.
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Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Here you are! I was wondering where you’d run off to…
Love,
Kevin
(1 April 2016)
National Poetry Writing Month, Day #8
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem about a flower. Since this is about as exciting to me as the seeds thing, since the day-eight prompt was up well before midnight in my time zone, and since all of the poems I wrote for day 7 used the tritina form (and I was therefore in the zone), I went with that…
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Working on the new book, day 4
Yesterday was day 4 of finding possible photos to go with the poems that will comprise the next book. I now have the Delicates and Do-overs sections left to go, and then I can move on to my iPhoto libraries. Continue reading
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Hey, a genuine warm, sunny day! No wonder the Seattle news stations were treating it like a monster heatwave yesterday…
Love,
Kevin
(7 April 2016)
National Poetry Writing Month, Day #7
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a tritina. A tritina consists of three three-line stanzas plus a concluding line: each stanza contains three ‘end words’, appearing in the order ABC—CAB—BCA; all three words appear in the concluding line. My poem examines the consequences of having a brownie, a 13.7-oz Vanilla Frappuccino®, and a regular coffee first thing in the morning…
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Ordinary Average Thoughts 